New School investigates student leaders who voted to strip Hillel

The New School investigates student leaders who voted to strip Hillel of funding over genocide complicity

This story originally appeared in Prism on June 04, 2026. When members of The New School’s Student Senate were faced with a report detailing how Hillel International was providing material and logistical support to Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, they voted on May 1 to cut all ties with their campus chapter of the national Jewish college network and to strip its funding. The student leaders hoped the school’s administration would go on to investiga…

The New School Investigates Student Leaders Who Voted to Strip Hillel of Funding

“This is extremely worrying when we made a very basic case about international law,” said the student senate chair.

New School investigates student leaders who voted to strip Hillel

When members of The New School’s Student Senate were faced with a report detailing how Hillel International was providing material and logistical support to Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, they voted on May 1 to cut all ties with their campus chapter of the national Jewish college network and to strip its funding. The student leaders hoped the school’s administration would go on to investigate Hillel’s presence on its New York City campus.  Instead…